Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-12-01

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Sucl Il raia that | co9Ii not follow l., bu'
il appeared 10 De fin liiv0c ttlua 10 ts,e SUI
To bless Tie uaiOn aflss lil;.->- - tEtt- .fui.
observed tnaU Nylep.ite lIsseass va Cross
~ TO every WortI, AMI II ef,.;,s..s s..scoyer
ed that she was afraid lest y GOA SHOULD
PLAY her trick, and by going through TIE
InvOcatIOns backward divorces instead of
marry them. At the end Of the invoca-
tons they were asked. as in or service, if
they took each other FOR hus9 band and wife
and on their asserting they kissed each
Other before the altar. aud the service was
over. SO far rs their rites were concerned
But 1t seemed to me thar there was vet
something wanting, and so I produced q
prayer-bOOk, which has, together wish the
'1ngoldsby Legends that | often read
when lie awake at night acconpar>. ii
me in all my later wanderings. | gave it
to my poor boy Harry years ago. ana after
his death / found it among his things and
took it back again.
Curtis. said, ST am not clergyman,
and [ do not know IL what / aIn going to
propose is allowable Il know it is not legal
but if you and the Queen have no ohjec-
ton | should like TO read the English mar
riage service over you. 1t is q solemn step
which you are taking, and think that you
ought, rs far as circumstances will allow
to give it the sanction Of your own relig-
ion.'
II have thought of that" ne said. ''and
ried yet"
Nyleptha raised no objection, fully I'M
Outstanding that her husband wished to
celebrate the marriage according to the
rites prevailing in his own country. and
SO set TO work and read the service from
dearly beloved" to 'SamaZement" as well
as could; and when came to Il, Henry.
take thee, Nyleptha, " I translated, and also
Il, Nyleptha, take thee, Henry which
she repeated after me very well, Then
Sir Henry took plain gold ring from his
little finger and placed it on hers, and SO
on to the end.
After the ceremony, Good and I went
and ate our dinner in silence and then in
dulged in an extra fine hagon Of old Zu-
Vendian to keep our spirits up, and pres
emily one of our attendants came and told
story that gave US something to think
about.
1t may, perhaps, be remembered that af-
ter his quarrel with Umslopogaas, Al
pho1se had gone off in an exceedingly i'll
temper to Sulk over his scratches Well.
it appears that he walked right past the
Temole-o hs.Sur don the-Wide rnad-on
the further side or the sI0pg il crowns, anu
thence into the beautiful park or pleasure
garden, which are laid out just beyond the
outer wall. After wandering about there
for q little he started to return, but was
met near the outer gate by SOrais' train of
chariots, which were galloping furiously
along the great northern road. When she
caught sight of AlDhOnse Sorais halted
her train and called to him. On approach
ing he was Instantly seized and dragged
into one OF the chariots and carried off
"crying out loudly" as our informant said,
and as from my general knowledge of him
| can well believe.
Well, that night Good and I messed. as
I have said, in solitary grandeur, feeling
very much Us though we had justreturned
from burying q freud instead OF marry
ills one, and next morning the work be-
gan in go1I earnest. The messages and
orders which had been despatched by Ny
lep IA two DAYS before now began to take
effect, and multitudes OF armed men came
pouring into the city. We saw, as may be
imagined, but very little Of Nyleptha and
not too much Of Curtis during those next
few days, but Good and [ sat daily with
the council of generals and loyal lords,
drawing up plans OF action, arranging
commissariat matters, the distribution of
commands, and q h1adred and one other
things Men came in freely, and ali the
day long the great roads leading to Milosis
were spotted with the banners of lords ar
irving from their distant places to rally
round Nyleptha.
After the first two days it became clear
that we should be able to take the field
with about forty thousand 1nran1ry ana
twenty thousand cavalry, IL very respecta-
BILE force considering how short was the
Tune we ldu u CC1l0CU III, diltl UudU dDOuI
half OF the regular army had elected to fol-
low S0rais.
But if our force was large, Sorais' was,
according to the reports brought in day by
day by our spies, much larger She had
taken up her headquarters at a very strong
town called NJ ArsJuna. situated, as [ have
said, to the north OF MiIosis and all the
countryside was flocking to her standard.
Nasta had poured down from his highlands
and was on his way to join her with no
less than twenty-five thousand of his
mountaineers, the most terrible soldiers
to face III all Zu-Vendis. Another mighty
lord, named Balusha, who lived in the
great housekeeping district, had come in
with twelve thousand cavalry, and SO on.
Indeed. what between enc -tLing- and Al
other, IG seemed certain tiI5.5 5:;e would
gather q fully armed most OF nearly one
hundred thousand men.
And then came news that she WIS pro-
posiar to breakLo A-c CAM and rLarch-2n
the browning Guy itseIf, deSo[a5Ing tle
country as she came. Thereon arose the
question whether it would be best to meet
her at Milosis or to 60 out ana give her
battle. Wnen our opinion was asked upon
the subject, Good All | unhesitatingly
gave it Ill favor OF al advance II we were
to shut ourselves up ii tae city and wait
TO be attacked il s1eTll-ad to us that our in
action would be set down to fear.
To l.